diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 78f3da39b031..e7ad39d6a792 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -6631,8 +6631,8 @@ static int selinux_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen
  */
 static int selinux_inode_setsecctx(struct dentry *dentry, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 {
-	return __vfs_setxattr_noperm(&init_user_ns, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
-				     ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(&init_user_ns, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
+				       ctx, ctxlen, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static int selinux_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index c18366dbbfed..25995df15e82 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -4714,8 +4714,8 @@ static int smack_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 
 static int smack_inode_setsecctx(struct dentry *dentry, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 {
-	return __vfs_setxattr_noperm(&init_user_ns, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK,
-				     ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(&init_user_ns, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK,
+				     ctx, ctxlen, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static int smack_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)